Outline of My Second Additional Outline

Aggressive Driving and Mental Health

This is a presentation of “Road Rage and Aggressive Driving: Steering Clear of Highway Warfare”; Written by Dr. Leon James and Dr. Diane Nahl; Published by Prometheus Books, 2000; Pages 46-57; Web Link: www.DrDriving.org

By: Constance J.K. DeCaires

 

 

I. Drivers Behaving Badly on TV

            A. On Television

                        -The Simpsons

                        -The Dukes of Hazard

            B. In the Movies

                        -Clueless

                        -The Fast and the Furious

                        -Gone in 60 Seconds

            C. Bad driving is being seen as a rewarding and inconsequential activity

 

 

II. Players behaving badly with road rage video games

            A. Video games

                        -Crazy Taxi

                        -Grand Theft Auto

            B. demographic = males 18-25

            C. entertaining, but dangerously influential

 

 

III. Why driving arouses anger

            A. 15 occasions for expressing hostility and aggressiveness on highways and streets

            -Immobility                   -Territoriality                -Self-serving bias

            -Restriction                   -Diversity                     -Venting**

            -Regulation                   -Multitasking                -Unpredictability**

            -Denial                         -Isolation                      -Being put in Danger**

            -Negativity                   -Emotional Challenges

            -Lack of Personal Control**                           

            B. My occasions…**

 

 

Helpful Links:

http://games.channel.aol.com/review.adp?gameID=6724

http://www.gonein60seconds.com/home.htm

http://www.drdriving.org/index.htm

 

Home page:

www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/409af2004/decaires/home.htm